FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms $ 0 0" # ! &0 # & 0 ! )*( - ,(-/) - +.),* # % "& " $ ' " # ' !# ! !# ! " Former Supreme Court judge Ms Indu Malhotra will head a 5-member independent inquiry committee set up on Wednesday by the Supreme Court to probe the security breach during PM Modi's visit to Punjab. "We are of the opinion that these questions can't be left to a one-sided inquiry," Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said, reading out from the court's order, two days after the court decided to conduct the probe itself. Justice Indu Malhotra, who was a Supreme Court judge from April 2018 to March 2021, had her education in Delhi and has practised in the Capital. She was appointed judge directly from the bar in 2018. The others in the inquiry committee are: Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA) or his nominee who is not below the rank of an Inspector General; the Director General of Police of the Union Territory of Chandigarh; the Additional Director General of Police (Security) of Punjab; and the Registrar General of Punjab and Haryana High Court. Without fixing any time SC rejects 2nd round of NEET-UG exam Delhi Court shootout: Main conspirator held ")3-;0 $)28=:1A) ) +47;- )1,- 7. ,:-),-, /)6/;<-: #=614 )66 )41); $144= $)28=:1A) )6, <0- 5)16 +76;81:)<7: 16 <0- "70161 7=:< ;077<7=< +);- ?); )::-;<-, ).<-: ) *:1-. -@+0)6/- 7. .1:- 0-:16 <0- 6)<176)4 +)81<)4 )6 7..1+1)4 ;)1, 76 '-,6-;,)A $0- "70161 7=:< ;077<7=< ?01+0 ;--5-, :188-, .:75 ) 744A?77, 87<*714-: <773 84)+- 76 #-8< 16 ?01+0 -401 ; 57;< ?)6<-, /)6/;<-: 1<-6,-: #16/0 )66 )41); 7/1 ?); ;07< ,-), 16;1,- ) +7=:<:775 *A 7 /)6/;<-:; .:75 <0- :1>)4 $14= /)6/ ,:-;;-, 16 4)?A-:; /):* The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking conduct of a second round of NEET-UG, saying the court cannot interfere in a policy decision . by the educational agency Why should we enter into an arena where tangible relief cannot be granted? In this case, we are not exercising appellate but advisory jurisdiction here," said a Bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi. Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde drew a similarity between the students who appeared for NEET and JEE and said the JEE students have four chances to take the exam whereas in NEET students get only one chance. "These are different testing silos, candidates would be different and volume would be different. It's a matter of . policy Whether it is convenient for the students or not. ," It's a matter of policy said presiding judge Justice Bhat. limit for completing the probe, the order said the committee should submit its report at the earliest. The court's constitution of this high-profile committee effectively arrests the functioning of the separate panels formed by Punjab and the Centre to investigate the breach. The court had earlier asked the Punjab and Haryana High Court's Registrar General to seize and preserve the security records in connection with the incident. The committee's terms of reference include ascertaining the causes of breach; assessing who was responsible for it and to what extent; what remedial measures and safeguards are necessary to prevent a similar lapse; and further suggestions for security of constitutional functionaries. No coincidence but conspiracy: CM 01-. 161;<-: #01>:)2 #16/0 07=0)6 ;--; ) E*477,A 847
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The notices were issued by a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on a petition filed by a Delhi-based journalist Qurban Ali and former Patna High Court judge Anjana Prakash, who practices in the Supreme Court as a senior advocate.The petition has sought a direction for action against those who allegedly delivered hate speeches in the two events. It has further sought an "independent, credible and impartial in- vestigation" by an SIT into the incidents.The bench, also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, asked the petitioners to give representation to the local authority against holding of future ‘Dharam Sansad' and posted the matter for hearing after 10 days. The plea, which specifically referred to the alleged hate speeches delivered between the "17th and 19th of December 2021 at Haridwar and Delhi", has also sought compliance of apex court's guidelines to deal with such speeches. One event was organised at Haridwar in Uttarakhand by Yati Narsinghanand and the other in Delhi by 'Hindu Yuva Vahini' allegedly "calling for genocide of members" of a community, the petition said. 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A after day OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya and four MLAs resigned from Yogi Adityanath’s Cabinet in UP , the ruling BJP has received another jolt. On Wednesday, the UP Forest and Environment Singh Dara Minister, Chauhan, resigned from the cabinet. He had joined the BJP in 6+1,-6<)44A ) ,)A ).<-: 01; -@1< )6 )::-;< ?)::)6< ?); 1;;=-, )/)16;< #?)51 !:);), )=:A) 16 ) ;->-6 A-): 74, +);- ?0-6 <0- 4)<<-: 0), )44-/-,4A 5),- 7*2-+<176)*4- :-5):3; )*7=< ,-1<1-; 6 -):41-: ?)::)6< .7: 01; )::-;< ?); 8=< 76 074, *A <0#16+- <0-6 <0-:- 0)>- *--6 5)6A 44)0)*), 1/0 +7=:< 16 0-):16/; 16 <0- +);- 6 )6=):A ) #=4<)68=: +7=:< 0), );3-, 015 <7 )88-): 76 '-,6-;,)A '0-6 0- ,1, 67< <0- +7=:< $& ;)1, :-6-?-, 01; ?)::)6< ) :-87:< 16 2015, after years in the BSP. He was made the head of the BJP's OBC Morcha and then a minister, after he won the 2017 assembly election. "It cannot be that I say something on one day and . then resign the next day I hoped my voice would be heard sooner or later. But when things came to the point that no one was willing to listen to me, I had to resign," Chauhan said . I&B ministry resumes ratings for news channels Ministry Twitter account hacked, restored The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday resumed ratings for news channels. The Ministry asked the Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) to release news ratings with immediate effect along with last three months' data in a monthly format. The BARC had suspended $ 0- $?1<<-: )++7=6< 7. <0- %6176 161;<:A 7. 6.7:5)<176 )6, :7),+);<16/ ?); +758:751;-, 76 '-,6-;,)A $0)++7=6< 07?->-: ?); :-;<7:-, 4)<-: 76 $0- 0)+3-: :-6)5-, <0- )++7=6< ); 476 =;3 )6, --<-, ) /:-)< 27* $0- )++7=6< ?); :-;<7:-, )6, 87;<; 5),- *A 0)+3-:; ?-:1*(16,1) 0); *--6 :-;<7:-, $01; 1; ,-4-<-, $0- )++7=6< .7: <0- 16.7:5)<176 7. )44 <0- .7447?-:; <0- 5161;<:A --<-, the ratings system in October 2020. The Ministry said in a statement, "In the spirit of the TRP committee re- port and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recommendation (TRAI) dated April 28, BARC has undertaken revision in its processes, protocols, oversight mechanism and initiated changes in governance structure etc. "The reconstitution of the board and the technical committee to allow for the induction of independent members has also been initiated by BARC. A permanent oversight committee has also been formed. 'Covaxin can neutralise Delta, Omicron variants' New Delhi: Bharat Biotech on Wednesday claimed that Covaxin can neutralise both Delta and Omicron variants. It said, "Results from a study conducted at Emory University demonstrating that sera from subjects who received a booster dose of Covaxin (BBV152) six months after getting a primary two-dose series of Covaxin, neutralized the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants." earlier studies demonstrated the neutralizing potential of Covaxin against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern Alpha, Beta, Delta, Zeta and Kappa. 'Don't call students of Class 1-8 to schools' 'THEY'RE UNVACCINATED, HOLD ONLINE CLASSES FOR THEM' The Madhya Pradesh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MPCPCR) has recommended the state government against holding offline classes in the wake of increasing cases of Covid-19. The Commission said students of Classes 1 to 8 should not be called to their schools in view of severity of the third wave of the pandemic. The Commission also wants their classes to be held online. Brajesh Chauhan, member of MPPCR, has written a letter to the Commissioner, Rajya Shiksha Kendra, with a copy to the state school edu- cation minister. Chauhan said that as per reports, children are more vulnerable to infection from the Omicron variant of the Corona virus. Students of 15-18 years age group are being vaccinated but the younger ones have no protection against the virus, argued Chauhan. These unprotected students are enrolled in classes 1-8. Currently, both the government and private schools are holding classes from 1 to 12 with 50 per cent capacity, as per government directives. However, in view of the fact that students younger than 15 years of age are yet to be vaccinated, there is an urgent 3 OF THEM FROM Bhopal & one each from Indore & Barwani Amid Covid surge, Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport on Wednesday witnessed a chaotic scene after five Dubai-bound passengers tested positive for corona. These 5 passengers included a pregnant woman. Out of them, 3 were from Bhopal and one each from Indore and Barwani. All the five were not allowed to board the Dubaibound flight and placed in home isolation, said an airport officer. The woman passenger, who was six months pregnant, had not taken a single dose of Covid vaccine. The rest were inoculated, said MP Health dept’s need to protect them from the contagion, he said. Crisis management committees of several districts have made similar recommendations, Chauhan added. "It is the Commission's firm view that in-person classes for students of classes 1 to 8 should be discontinued immediately," Chauhan said. medical officer Dr Priyanka Kourav. "Every passenger boarding the weekly IndoreDubai flight has to undergo a rapid RT-PCR test at the airport. On Wednesday 76 passen, gers were tested and results of two women, two men and a 17-year-old boy returned positive,” she said. Out of 4 positive patients, 2 had taken both doses of Sinopharm and Pfizer's vaccines, Dr. Kourav said. All the five patients were asymptomatic and advised to isolate at home. CMHO Dr BS Saitya said that district administrations of Indore, Barwani and Bhopal were informed about infected passengers. He said that passengers from Bhopal and Barwani returned to their cities. Prabodh Chandra Sharma, airport director said that 95 passengers boarded the flight from city, including 78 adults and 17 children.
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